Chapter 16 Ancient China Study Guide

What is the name of the largest desert in China?

• Thar Desert
• Sahara Desert
• Gobi Desert
• Kalahari Desert

What is the name of the largest mountain range located between India and China?

• Himalayan Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Andes Mountains
• Atlas Mountains

What are the two largest rivers in China? Select two.

• Yellow River
• Yangtze River

• Ganges River
• Nile River

What is the yellow soil called that gives the Yellow River its color?

• silt
• loamy
• clay
• loess

What is terrace farming?

• agricultural practice where crops are rotated to improve soil
• agricultural practice where farmers dig flat levels on a hillside to plant crops
• agricultural practice where vegetation is cut down and land is burned

a SERIES of rulers within the same family

• dynasty
• dictatorship
• emperor

• monarchy

a form of government in which authority over the people is retained by a ruling family

• monarchy
• democracy
• theocracy

The first Chinese writing system was developed during which dynasty?

• Shang
• Qin
• Xia
• Zhou

True or False: There are many different variations of the Chinese language but they can communicate through writing because they all have the same writing system.

• True
• False

The Zhou Dynasty lasted for

• less than 100 years
• over 800 years
• 3,000 years